by Joseph Spector for LoHud ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday urged the federal government to halt construction of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline, citing the potential dangers of its proximity to the Indian Point nuclear plant. In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Cuomo administration urged the agency to postpone…
by Matt Spillane for LoHud CORTLANDT – Protesters arrived with signs in hand and left in handcuffs Monday after blocking the entrance to the Algonquin pipeline construction site, police said. Eleven people were arrested in Verplanck, where they blocked two entrances to Spectra Energy’s work areas for the Algonquin natural gas pipeline project, state police…
by Lisa W. Fodoraro BUCHANAN, N.Y. — Every so often, catastrophes prompt fresh worries about the Indian Point nuclear power plant, whose twin domes loom over the Hudson River about 45 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. In 2001, the terror attacks on Sept. 11 spurred calls to shut down the two reactors here, amid concern of a…
Indian Point Leak of Radioactive Water Highlights Risks of New Spectra Energy Gas Pipeline Residents and activists call for politicians to include new pipeline threat in safety investigation of Indian Point Buchanan, NY– On Saturday, Feb. 6, Governor Andrew Cuomo reported a serious leak of radioactive, contaminated water from Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant…
by Chris Hedges for truthdig MONTROSE, N.Y.—It was 6:30 in the morning and George Packard, dressed in a dark suit, a purple clerical bib and a clerical collar, was at church. Or, rather, at what has become church for the retired Episcopal bishop, activist and highly decorated Vietnam War veteran. Packard stood with 20 other protesters…
Amy Goodman for Democracy Now Following the defeat of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, environmentalists continue to oppose other oil and gas pipelines across the country. Here in New York, nine people were arrested when protesters blocked the entrance to a wareyard in Montrose in protest of a Spectra Energy pipeline. The protesters say the AIM pipeline…
by Karen Dewitt for WXXI Hydrofracking has been banned in New York State for nearly a year now, but opponents of the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines. Opponents of hydrofracking are now focusing on gas pipelines that conduct fracked gas from other states underneath New York. 30,000 people signed petitions…
by Akikio Matsuda for LoHud Opponents of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline expansion delivered 30,000 petition signatures to Albany on Tuesday, calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to halt the project. Petitioners also asked the state to conduct an independent risk assessment of potential hazards from the natural gas pipeline that runs close to nuclear reactors at Indian Point in Buchanan. (View full report here)
By Matthew Hamilton, Albany Times Union A natural gas pipeline set to snake through the southeast corner of New York and squeak past infrastructure part of the Indian Point nuclear power plant is already under construction. View full report
by Ernie Garcia for LoHud The Union of Concerned Scientists asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to have an independent advisory committee review the criteria used to assess potential hazards from natural gas pipelines. (View full report here)
from State of Politics Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins this week sent a letter to federal regulators urging them to halt the construction of a pipeline being constructed near the Indian Point nuclear plant. In the letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Norman Bay, Stewart-Cousins asks for work to cease on the project before an independent…
by Jon Campbell for Politics on the Hudson Senate Democrat Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins took to the radio Monday to air her concerns about the Algonquin Pipeline expansion project. (View full report)
by Lanning Taliaferro for The Patch Federal officials continue to give Spectra Energy the go-ahead to start the first pieces of its Algonquin pipeline expansion plan, which is being approved in pieces. However, local and state officials have again written to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to request an independent, in-depth risk assessment of the…
by Zack Fink for Time Warner Cable News, Capitol Region With the license for one its reactors up for renewal later this year, the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County is becoming a flashpoint of controversy for New York politicians and environmentalists. Now, there’s a new fight brewing over a natural gas pipeline…
by Colleen Wilson for Westfair Online Technology problems and miscommunication impeded an effort by boisterous opponents of a natural gas pipeline project in a conference call last week with a federal agency to discuss recently released documents about the project’s approval. The call – which was difficult to hear because of a poor connection –…
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